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		<title>Plan in Place for Immigration Reform, Now the Legislative Work Begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that President Obama applauded Senators Schumer and Graham for releasing their plan yesterday to put in motion an immigration reform bill.  The next step is to turn that plan into a bill and, for Congress to act on it as quickly as possible.
Senators Schumer and Graham&#8217;s plan calls for undocumented immigrants to come forward, admit they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/19/plan-in-place-for-immigration-reform-now-the-legislative-work-begins/</link>
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		<title>Immigrant Activists Coming Together to Call for Immigration Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times reported today that immigrant advocate groups and their supporters are coming together to rally this coming Sunday, March 21, 2010 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to propose lawmakers an ultimatum.  Either pass passing immigration reform or, face a significant loss of voter support from Latino communities across the U.S. come mid-term elections later this year.
In light of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/18/immigrant-activists-coming-together-to-call-for-immigration-reform/</link>
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		<title>Orange County, CA Jail Begins to Check Immigration Status of Inmates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times reported today that all inmates who are booked into the Orange County jail system will now have their immigration status checked through a new biometric identification program that was implemented yesterday.  The program started in late 2008, and is currently in use by over 120 counties in 16 states across the United States.
The Los Angeles, San [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/17/orange-county-ca-jail-begins-to-check-immigration-status-of-inmates/</link>
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		<title>More Haitians Need to Come Forward and Apply for TPS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported that according to officials from the U.S. Citizenship &#38; Immigration Services (USCIS), about 34,000 of the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 undocumented Haitians who were in the United States before the January 12, 2010 earthquake that ravaged that country have come forward and applied for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Immigrant advocate groups have said that Haitians have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/16/more-haitians-need-to-come-forward-and-apply-for-tps/</link>
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		<title>A Vermont Dairy Farmer Shares His Experience After an Audit of His Hiring Records</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported recently that the hiring records of the Gervais Family Farms in Bakersfield, Vermont were inspected as part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s (USICE&#8217;s) enforcement efforts to inspect the employment records of 1,000 businesses across the United States.  The businesses that were inspected were either known or suspected to have hired undocumented immigrants.
The USICE imposes fines [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/15/a-vermont-dairy-farmer-shares-his-experience-after-an-audit-of-his-hiring-records/</link>
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		<title>President Proceeds With Immigration Reform While Voicing Difficulties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported today that President Obama commented yesterday in a meeting with immigrant activists that he would continue his efforts with immigration reform this year as long as he could garner a significant amount of Republican support.
However, insiders have said that an immigration reform bill cannot become a reality if the President used a legislative tactic known as reconciliation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/12/president-proceeds-with-immigration-reform-while-voicing-difficulties/</link>
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		<title>Immigrant Activists Urge the President to Pass Immigration Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times reported today that immigrant rights activists and their supporters are having a rally on March 21, 2010 at the National Mall in Washington, DC to pressure Congress to pass an immigration reform bill and urged the President to end deportations.
Immigrant rights groups and their supporters who voted for the President feel that they have lost patience with him and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/11/immigrant-activists-urge-the-president-to-pass-immigration-reform/</link>
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		<title>California Man Arrested and Charged with Visa Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Immigration &#38; Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported this week that a man from California was arrested earlier this week and charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
He was the mastermind of an immigration fraud scheme that involved foreign students enrolled at schools in the Southern California area including several junior colleges and, three California State University campuses.
The USICE&#8217;s investigation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/10/california-man-arrested-and-charged-with-visa-fraud/</link>
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		<title>H-1B Visa Season to Begin for FY 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported today that on April 1, 2010, applications for H-1B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 will be accepted.  The USCIS will consider a case as accepted only when the USCIS&#8217; mail room takes possession of a properly filed petition with the correct filing fee.
The numerical limitation on H-1B petitions for FY 2011 remains [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/09/h-1b-visa-season-to-begin-for-fy-2011/</link>
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		<title>President Seeking Bipartisan Support for Immigration Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times reported late last week that President Obama has sought bipartisan support from Senators Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York and Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina despite a very uphill battle to convince lawmakers to come together and create legislation to overhaul our nation&#8217;s immigration laws.
The President is seeking to bring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pappaslaw.com/index.php/2010/03/08/president-seeking-bipartisan-support-for-immigration-reform/</link>
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